How to Use penultimate in a Sentence

penultimate

adjective
  • This is quite the bomb to drop in the penultimate episode of the season.
    — Abby Govindan, Vulture, 23 July 2021
  • The timepiece, which would turn out to be the penultimate Ref.
    — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 14 June 2022
  • The seventh episode was supposed to be not the penultimate episode, but the third to last.
    — Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 Dec. 2022
  • But the penultimate match in this feud is one that should be still to come.
    — Joe Nguyen, The Denver Post, 26 Jan. 2020
  • April 2—The penultimate games have a tip-off start time of 6 p.m. ET .
    — Chris Morris, Fortune, 15 Mar. 2022
  • The news comes the same day that the penultimate episode of season two was released.
    — Lesley Goldberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Jan. 2023
  • Rae broke up with Zay in the penultimate episode... and met up with Jake to tell him.
    — Alamin Yohannes, EW.com, 13 Apr. 2022
  • Her horse Just Fine has been entered in the penultimate race of the day.
    — Stephanie Petit, PEOPLE.com, 31 May 2022
  • Bosa was the penultimate first-round pick to sign with his new team.
    — Michael Shapiro, SI.com, 25 July 2019
  • The penultimate year in the Pac-12 was not a profitable one for the Four Corners schools.
    — Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 22 Apr. 2024
  • This year, the namesake hub of the Bordeaux wine region swooped in to nab the penultimate spot on the list.
    — Maya Kachroo-Levine, Travel + Leisure, 11 July 2023
  • But the penultimate episode suggests that things could take a turn.
    — James Poniewozik, New York Times, 26 May 2023
  • The picks: Skubal toes the rubber in the Sunday game and stops a sweep in Charm City in his penultimate start.
    — Ryan Ford, Detroit Free Press, 9 Sep. 2024
  • Hull broke her nose in the penultimate game before the All-Star break on July 9 against the Wings.
    — Indystar Sports, The Indianapolis Star, 23 July 2023
  • So, what else is on tap for the penultimate episode of Season 8?
    — Andy Swift, TVLine, 8 May 2025
  • In the penultimate episode, Nate pulled a gun on Maddy.
    — Christy Piña, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Feb. 2022
  • On record, only four hurricanes have hit the U.S. in the penultimate month of the year.
    — David Faris, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
  • Berg died in 2016, the penultimate survivor of the Lincoln Brigade.
    — Dan Kaufman, The New York Review of Books, 9 Feb. 2022
  • Omaha Beach cruised to the lead on the turn and won in hand by 2¾ lengths in the penultimate start of his career.
    — Larry Stumes, SFChronicle.com, 28 Dec. 2019
  • The moment of their joint demise was my penultimate shot.
    — Meredith Blake, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2024
  • As the group ran around the penultimate turn, several moves were made.
    — Nikstreng, oregonlive, 29 Apr. 2023
  • That would leave 2025 as the penultimate edition in Utah.
    — Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 22 Jan. 2025
  • Turkette’s turn on Triple G is the penultimate episode of the show’s 24th season.
    — Cheryl V. Jackson, The Indianapolis Star, 30 Sep. 2020
  • The penultimate round is known as the Final Four, when only four teams are left.
    — Marina Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 6 Mar. 2024
  • In fact, the last of my friends to comment on Years and Years did so by text, having just watched the penultimate episode.
    — Tim Goodman, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 July 2019
  • The iPhone technology in the penultimate episode would suggest the show is set in the 2020s.
    — Eliana Dockterman, TIME, 4 Mar. 2025
  • While that beef seems to be on pause for the moment, fans rushed the area to catch the penultimate song in their set list that launched a bevy of diss tracks.
    — Althea Legaspi, Rolling Stone, 4 Aug. 2024
  • The penultimate scene is Tiago in the graveyard, and Magda for the first time touches and speaks to him.
    — Nick Romano, EW.com, 29 June 2020
  • The post time for the main event, the Preakness Stakes, which is the penultimate race, is approximately 6:50 p.m.
    — Sam Cohn, Baltimore Sun, 17 May 2025
  • Swift’s song appears in the opening scene of the penultimate episode of The Handmaid’s Tale, which is coming to an end this season.
    — Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 20 May 2025

Some of these examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'penultimate.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback about these examples.

Last Updated: